World / Asia

Top Birla award for Santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma 05 Nov 2015 - 09:58 am

Mumbai: Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma has been named for this year's 'Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar' for lifetime achievement in Hindustani music,...

A great day for Canada, says Indian origin ex-minister 05 Nov 2015 - 09:41 am

Canada's new Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (L) is congratulated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Rideau Hall in Ottawa...

Efforts on to trace two pilots of crashed Pawan Hans chopper 05 Nov 2015 - 09:25 am

File photo of a Pawan Hans helicopter Mumbai: A massive search operation is on to locate two missing pilots of a Pawan Hans...

29 IS militants killed in eastern Afghanistan 05 Nov 2015 - 09:23 am

Kabul: 29 militants from the IS-Khorasan group have been killed in military operations and an internal clash in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan....

Large voter turn out in final phase of Bihar polls 05 Nov 2015 - 09:22 am

Voters queue to cast their ballots at a voting centre in the final stage of state assembly elections in the Bihar village of...

Another Myanmar student leader arrested, days before vote 05 Nov 2015 - 09:04 am

Yangon: A Myanmar student leader has been arrested just days ahead of landmark polls, a relative said Thursday, after another activist was detained...

India takes tough line on trafficking victims who get special U.S. visas 05 Nov 2015 - 03:27 am

By Jason Szep and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON: When Ajay Ahir agreed to come to the United States, he had no idea the recruiter...

Lack of trained staff means long hours for Afghan air force engineer 05 Nov 2015 - 02:55 am

A C-130 Hercules transport plane prepares to take off at the Kabul International airport, November 3, 2015. Reuters/Mohammad Ismail By Krista Mahr and...

Myanmar's ousted ruling party head to work with Suu Kyi 05 Nov 2015 - 02:39 am

By Hnin Yadana Zaw and Antoni Slodkowski PHYU, Myanmar: One of Myanmar's most powerful politicians, ousted as leader of the ruling party in...

16 dead, dozens trapped in Pakistan factory collapse: official 05 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Lahore, Pakistan: At least 16 people were killed and 40 injured when a factory collapsed in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, the...

For Southeast Asia, growing U.S.-China maritime row means a balancing act 04 Nov 2015 - 06:46 pm

By Yeganeh Torbati KUALA LUMPUR: As the United States and Japan tussled with China over the wording of a concluding statement at an...

Maldives president declares emergency ahead of protest 04 Nov 2015 - 05:45 pm

Police and Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) personnel cordon off an area suspecting an explosive inside the engine compartment of a parked broken...

Volcanic eruption closes 3 Indonesian airports 04 Nov 2015 - 04:23 pm

Passengers wait to check the status of their flights with airline desk at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia Wednesday, Nov. 4,...

SunEdison to supply cheapest solar power in India 04 Nov 2015 - 04:18 pm

By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI: U.S.-based SunEdison has won a bid to sell solar power in India at a record low tariff,...

Ghulam Ali cancels all concerts in India 04 Nov 2015 - 01:50 pm

New Delhi: Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali, whose concert in Mumbai was called off after resistance from the Shiv Sena, has cancelled all...

Historic meeting seals seismic shift for China and Taiwan 04 Nov 2015 - 01:34 pm

Taipei: The presidents of China and Taiwan will meet this weekend in Singapore with a handshake that will mark a seismic shift in...

Pakistan moves toward death penalty for child abuse 04 Nov 2015 - 01:30 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan has taken a step towards punishing the sexual abuse of girls with life imprisonment or even death after an influential parliamentary...

Philippines probes airport bullet-planting extortion 04 Nov 2015 - 01:26 pm

Manila: The Philippine government said Wednesday it was investigating claims of a major extortion racket at the nation's main airport involving security personnel...